Covidiots in music

Despite Morrissey's views on 'Con-vid' and agreeing that restrictions to limit transmission of the virus fit the “precise description of slavery”, nevertheless these masks are available to buy at Mporium - the official #Morrissey store #MoneyChangesEverything https://t.co/ulsTaYSYVQ pic.twitter.com/Uk6HSVOTw2

— Dave Haslam (@Mr_Dave_Haslam) July 6, 2021

turns out a lot of things are exactly like slavery

Trying to think of a phrase sadder than "interview conducted by his nephew"...

"Look, you know how your Uncle Stephen gets...just go 'round and let him talk himself out, OK? Make sure he can see that the phone's recording. That'll calm him down for a few weeks so your mother can get some peace."

his nephew always does them now, I have never encountered an interviewer more creepingly fawning

Kill Uncle

I wouldn’t call it covidiocy but it seems relevant.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/at-least-180-infected-after-dutch-disco-despite-showing-covid-19-certificates-1.4611870

Richard Ashcroft strikes again, with support from none other than Ian Brown:

Right Said Fred also bigging him up. admire their graciousness generally tho

Ian Brown is now a leading epidemiologist?

apart from the non-PCR tests and the QR code copying, this is very relevant to our current reckless opening up policy:

people have been issued with vaccination certificates within a day of receiving the one-shot Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine, though the manufacturer advises that protection does not take full effect until about two weeks later.

xp to the Dutch disco fiasco

Whenever I see this thread revived I assume Billy Corgan gave an interview.

the Dutch disco fiasco is simply going to become an every day fact of life across the world as things open up.

but at least we have been gifted the phrase “dutch disco fiasco”.

Sounds like a Fall album title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc7w7QlXgcE

I wonder if Aphex Twin has had any more thoughts on Covid

Not music but music-adjacent: I just read an interview with photographer/filmmaker Richard Kern where he was doing fine — not great, but not horrible — until he squatted down and left the words "all the bullshit around the COVID scamdemic" steaming on the floor right at the end.

Nothing to see here, just Anton Newcombe and Ian Brown insulting each other in Robyn Hitchcock's mentions https://t.co/c6zZxpiR4J

— Eddie Robson (@EddieRobson) July 15, 2021

Anton Newcombe: voice of reason

you are a the moron

What's more awkward, seeing two people you know fight in front of you in-person or having it play out virtually over Twitter?

(I dunno, it's just weird to see Hitchcock tagged in their insults to each other, but I don't use Twitter so maybe that's SOP?)

i don't give a fuck if you know karate

lmao

you are the original shit sniffer covid disciple big pharma puppet experiment in progress dunce repeater

My second favorite ever Lollapalooza performance (behind Daft Punk, natch) was watching Brian Jonestown Massacre and hearing Anton just relentlessly mock and ridicule Dashboard Confessional when the sound from their set across the park kept bleeding over between songs. Anton is an asshole, but that was highly entertaining.

YOU are the original shit sniffer covid disciple big pharma puppet experiment in progress dunce repeater wreckhead trust fund junkie runaway

I am bigger and bolder and rougher and tougher: in other words, sucker, there is no other.

We are not the same. Wanna kiss myself.

you are a the moron

― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Thursday, July 15, 2021 1:29 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

mario voice

Ah yes

Eric Clapton said he would cancel any shows if the venue requires attendees prove they are vaccinated against Covid-19. https://t.co/ByUi9lLG2V

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 21, 2021

That's like threatening to not take a shit in someone's front lawn.

My racist bluesman is an antivaxxer?

Clapton reminds me of Denis Leary's Elvis joke. Had Clapton died at 27 in 1972 (and he nearly did thanks to his heroin addiction), it would've been seen as an awful human tragedy that left behind an impeccable body of work. There's no romanticizing those 49 extra years, that's for sure.

LOL @ O.L.

“I wish to say that I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present. Unless there is provision made for all people to attend, I reserve the right to cancel the show.”

Oh I didn't realize all his shows were free

There is something especially galling about how poorly these people try to use the language of laws & rights. A society where everyone thinks they're a lawyer is a weird hell

I"d stick my dick in a beehive if Clapton would retire

stop saying that

alright that's it! I have to come clean.

Clapton's PR agent was concerned that his Wikipedia "Controversies" section was too short apparently

lmao have you said that before Neanderthal??

He didn't say it needed to have any live bees in it at the time, tho.
Lacks true commitment.

This dude is one of the last musicians I want to hear say anything about "discriminated audiences", have a feeling he might not object to other forms.

angling to make Jim Gordon the second-most infamous murderer in Derek & the Dominos

— Nate Patrin (@natepatrin) July 21, 2021

lol ex-ILXOR with the ouch!

Once a dick, always a dick. https://t.co/WdlN90tgi1 pic.twitter.com/BQs97vYGia

— Valerie Bertinelli (@Wolfiesmom) July 21, 2021

That post feels especially harsh given how much Eddie Van Halen openly discussed Clapton as being a huge inspiration to him (as a guitar player, pre-'70s bland-out). I guess Van Halen's kind words did nothing to soften him up and Clapton was a shit to him.

Looks like Clap is literally drinking a Michelob in that pic - at least you can't say he doesn't practice what he preaches.

There's got to a good Delta variant/Delta blues joke to be made here. Somebody funny please figure this out

Somebody needs to tell Clapton that THIS Delta variant didn't originate in Clarksdale, MS! Haha

With all the heroin he's done, you'd think the Clap wouldn't be so averse to getting poked.